Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 02:42:21 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question on su use Message-ID: <20021031014221.GS18364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20021030131610.A32093@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20021030131610.A32093@skytrackercanada.com>
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# david@skytrackercanada.com / 2002-10-30 13:16:10 -0500: > I am attempting to create a simple user shell executable which will > execute a root command. > > su root killall squid > > requests root's password, and then issues a; > > killall: /usr/bin/killall: cannot execute binary file > > while killall executes by root no problem. > Any idea what's going on here? it's not documented particularly well, only in the EXAMPLES section of su(1): su root -c "killall squid" -- If you cc me or take the list(s) out completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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